Most Popular Baby Names Of The 1990s
The top 100 girls’ and boys’ names across 1990–1999. Explore their meanings, histories, and popularity today.
| Save name | Name & meaning | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Traditionally supplanter, through Jacob | 11,945#6 | Steady | 1947 | ||
Yahweh is gracious | 8,027#23 | Up 4 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
Bright fame | 3,772#92 | Down 12 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
Who is like God? | 8,094#21 | Down 9 rank positions in five years | 1957 | ||
Will + helmet; often resolute protector | 10,545#9 | Down 4 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
Meaning uncertain; part of the Mary/Miriam family | 2,230#125 | Down 2 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
Beloved | 6,794#35 | Down 7 rank positions in five years | 1955 | ||
He will add | 7,303#29 | Down 3 rank positions in five years | 1956 | ||
King, ruler + hard, brave | 1,505#234 | Down 26 rank positions in five years | 1946 | ||
Man, through Karl; alternative army derivation | 5,898#48 | Down 2 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
Twin | 6,917#34 | Up 11 rank positions in five years | 1952 | ||
Christ-bearer | 4,748#68 | Down 21 rank positions in five years | 1984 | ||
God is my judge | 8,085#22 | Down 8 rank positions in five years | 1985 | ||
My God is an oath | 6,760#17 | Down 1 rank positions in five years | 1990 | ||
Gift of Yahweh | 7,003#32 | Down 2 rank positions in five years | 1983 | ||
English form of Antonius; original meaning unknown | 5,967#46 | Down 5 rank positions in five years | 1990 | ||
Cornish form of Guinevere; possibly white phantom | 501#586 | Down 155 rank positions in five years | 1972 | ||
Small | 1,316#262 | Down 10 rank positions in five years | 1957 | ||
Form of Latin Marcus | 1,416#245 | Down 10 rank positions in five years | 1960 | ||
Manly; masculine | 4,497#73 | Down 21 rank positions in five years | 1987 | ||
Wealth-guardian | 1,591#224 | Down 29 rank positions in five years | 1924 | ||
Crown, wreath | 1,261#271 | Down 49 rank positions in five years | 1956 | ||
Handsome through Coinneach; also a form of Cináed | 1,148#294 | Down 51 rank positions in five years | 1957 | ||
Yahweh is salvation | 4,773#66 | Down 13 rank positions in five years | 1989 | ||
Beloved birth | 1,628#221 | Down 64 rank positions in five years | 1963 | ||
Possibly hill, high or might, power | 979#339 | Down 68 rank positions in five years | 1972 | ||
Lady, princess | 2,710#90 | Down 4 rank positions in five years | 1982 | ||
Honoring God | 1,734#203 | Down 11 rank positions in five years | 1959 | ||
Healer | 2,224#165 | Down 46 rank positions in five years | 1977 | ||
Possibly he will behold, through Iscah | 424#665 | Down 266 rank positions in five years | 1987 | ||
Traditionally heel-holder or supplanter; possibly may God protect | 6,152#43 | Down 28 rank positions in five years | 1998 | ||
Peace, with a disputed first element; form of Geoffrey | 544#552 | Down 166 rank positions in five years | 1962 | ||
Traditionally little king; from the surname Ó Riain | 3,532#99 | Down 42 rank positions in five years | 1985 | ||
Victory of the people | 3,115#112 | Down 25 rank positions in five years | 1995 | ||
Grace; favor | 2,521#107 | Down 39 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Rival, from the Roman Aemilius family | 5,451#34 | Down 16 rank positions in five years | 1999 | ||
Ever ruler | 1,256#273 | Down 75 rank positions in five years | 1970 | ||
Yahweh has given | 3,822#89 | Down 19 rank positions in five years | 1988 | ||
Crown; wreath | 829#383 | Down 61 rank positions in five years | 1952 | ||
Ash-tree clearing | 1,829#164 | Down 11 rank positions in five years | 1987 | ||
From Kimberley; field of Cyneburga, Cynebald, or Cynemær | 1,009#303 | Down 117 rank positions in five years | 1970 | ||
Son of the right hand or son of the south | 9,762#11 | Down 4 rank positions in five years | 1989 | ||
Name of God; also interpreted as God has heard | 8,334#18 | Up 7 rank positions in five years | 2001 | ||
Who is like God? | 661#465 | Down 129 rank positions in five years | 1969 | ||
Laurel | 805#379 | Down 23 rank positions in five years | 1964 | ||
Lovable; worthy of love | 601#493 | Down 49 rank positions in five years | 1987 | ||
Just; lawful; upright | 1,512#233 | Down 67 rank positions in five years | 1988 | ||
Whole; great | 12,754#3 | Down 1 rank positions in five years | 2003 | ||
Person from Scotland; Gaelic speaker | 561#534 | Up 30 rank positions in five years | 1971 | ||
Hill covered with broom | 1,326#261 | Down 96 rank positions in five years | 1992 |
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Year by year in the 1990s
This list includes the top 100 girls’ and boys’ names by total use across 1990–1999. Table birth counts and ranks show 2025, and rank movement covers the latest five years. Search, filters, and sorting stay within this decade’s name list.
Counts are based on U.S. births and are tracked separately for girls and boys. Names used fewer than 5 times in a year aren’t published for that year, so totals here are a floor — the shortfall is largest in the sparse early years.